BJP back in power in Delhi after 27 years: Rekha Gupta sworn in as CM, Sirsa among ministers

Punjab First News · 20 February 2025, 2:30 PM

Rekha Gupta on stage with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Lieutenant Governor V.K. Saxena and the new ministers — Chief Minister Rekha Gupta with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, LG V.K. Saxena and new ministers, including Manjinder Singh Sirsa, at the swearing-in in New Delhi on February 20 (Prime Minister's Office / Wikimedia Commons, GODL-India)

The BJP's Rekha Gupta was sworn in as Chief Minister of Delhi at the Ramlila Maidan on Thursday, February 20. Lieutenant Governor V.K. Saxena administered the oath of office and secrecy.

Six cabinet ministers took oath with her: Parvesh Sahib Singh, Ashish Sood, Manjinder Singh Sirsa, Ravinder Indraj Singh, Kapil Mishra and Pankaj Kumar Singh. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah attended.

In results declared on February 8, the BJP won 48 of the 70 Assembly seats to return to power in the capital after 27 years. The Aam Aadmi Party was reduced to 22 seats, and the Congress failed to win any.

AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal lost his New Delhi seat to the BJP's Parvesh Verma by 4,089 votes, a result watched closely in Punjab, where AAP is in government.

Rekha Gupta, who won from Shalimar Bagh, is Delhi's fourth woman Chief Minister after Sushma Swaraj, Sheila Dikshit and Atishi.